Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
North Yorkshire Moors Railway This plaque was unveiled by Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Tuesday May 1st 1973 to mark the formal re-opening by the North Yorkshire Moors Historical Railway Trust of the Grosmont-Pickering section of the former Whitby and Pickering Railway. To Grosmont, from
Whitby, ran the first train on June 8th 1835, and the first railway excursion in the world on August 7th and 8th 1839. The Whitby & Pickering Railway was opened over it's whole length on 26th May 183
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